The Nerve of People
Wife reminded me of another weird incident from 2025. She opened the door to let the dogs out into the back yard one afternoon when the youngest one started barking and growling at a strange woman who had let herself into the yard and was changing her clothes. This was around 2 pm on a weekday while I was at work. My wife immediately confronted the woman and demanded to know what the hell she was doing in our yard. Woman claimed she was waiting for her mother to come and pick her up, and was being followed by 2 men, (they were security personnel from the mall across the street we later learned she had been shoplifting from).
Wife got her out of the yard and onto the front driveway where the confrontation continued for another couple of minutes before the woman ran off. I've since added a second latch on the lower section of the front gate that can't be reached from the outside. Our entire back yard is fully fenced with only a small hidden gate at the back that is only used to take the garbage bin in or out.